[pd-discuss] Happy Public Domain Day

[Daniel Boos]

Am 02.01.2013 14:35 schrieb "Tom Morris" <tfmorris at gmail.com>:
>
> On Tue, Jan 1, 2013 at 11:48 AM, fred.harris
> <fred.harris-9ouuy49w at yopmail.com> wrote:
> > here my list for ITALIAN AUTHORS ENTERING IN PUBLIC DOMAIN IN 2013
> >
> > ”Bertoni Giulio”
> > ”Modena, 26 agosto 1878 – Roma, 28 maggio 1942″
> > his works will enter in public domain since 29/05/2013
>
> Thanks for the list and being explicit about when they enter the
> public domain.  Not being familiar with all the countries' laws, I was
> wondering if the anniversaries worked on a January 1 calendar basis
> (particularly given that that's the date chosen for PD domain).  This
> seems to make it clear that, at least for Italy, it's 70 years from
> the date of death, not tied to Jan. 1.
>
Just to clarify. Are you sure about 1941? 70 years after death also could
mean 1943 (1943+70=2013)

> I wonder if we shouldn't be focusing on authors who died in 1941 who's
> works became public domain in the last year and are all now available,
> rather than ones which won't be available until the coming months.
> Thoughts?
>
In my opinion we should stick to 1942. In my opinion using 1941 would lead
to some confusion. Many countries seem to have the 70 years until end of
year rule. Also some other initiatives use or communicated 1942 (eg we,
Gutenberg.de).

Best
Daniel
Also I am

> Tom
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